A week ago, the news was awash with shock, dismay, and outrage over President Trump’s executive order of 27 January, which temporarily suspended the United States’s refugee program and indefinitely […]
US healthcare
Taryn Youngstein: Our NHS is not up for grabs, Mr Trump
A year ago, the idea that a property magnate come reality TV star could become the most powerful person on earth was unthinkable. A week ago, the idea that he […]
Scott Greer and Sarah Rominski: The global gag rule and what to do about it
Since Ronald Reagan, banning and un-banning the use of US aid to support agencies that discuss or refer patients for abortion services has been a partisan tradition. Republican presidents make […]
Kushal Patel: “Gagging the voice of women’s rights”
“This group just made it more difficult for women to get access to healthcare worldwide. You tell me what’s wrong with this picture,” laments the US Senator for California, Kamala Harris, […]
Trish Greenhalgh: “Do doctors have a duty to hold their silence or to voice concern about Donald Trump’s health?”
Donald Trump may or may not have a mental illness. As a doctor, it would be unprofessional of me to comment on that question. Or would it? Like many liberal-minded […]
William Seligman: Trump’s inconsistent rhetoric on US healthcare policy
Donald J Trump is now the 45th president of the United States of America. I’ve just returned from a trip to the Middle East where everywhere I went I heard folks […]
Richard Smith: How do you produce social determinants that promote rather than undermine health?
Health, as we all know but are inclined to forget, is driven not by healthcare but by social determinants. But how do you produce social determinants that promote rather than […]
Diana Zuckerman: “What does it mean to march for women in 2017?”
Did the Women’s March on Washington, across the US, and in major cities around the world have anything to do with medical care? Yes and no. I’ve lived and worked […]
Neel Sharma: Fired up, ready to go!
Although I’m not usually political by a long shot, the presidential transition in the US today has made me reflect on Barack Obama’s legacy and his mantra of: “Fired up, […]
David Kerr: Big pharma in Trumpland
Donald Trump has big pharma in the crosshairs. Using classic #TrumpSpeak, the soon to be 45th President of the United States hinted recently that Medicare, the biggest buyer of drugs […]